FR Doc 07-2770
[Federal Register: June 4, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 106)]
[Notices]
[Page 30823-30825]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Anthropological Studies Center,
Archaeological Collections Facility, Sonoma State University, Rohnert
Park, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession and
control of
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the Anthropological Studies Center, Archaeological Collections
Facility, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA. The human remains
were removed from Marin and Sonoma Counties, CA.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
Archaeological Collections Facility staff in consultation with
representatives of the Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank
Rancheria, California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria,
California; Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point
Rancheria, California; Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California; and Tuolumne Band of the Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne
Rancheria of California.
In April of 1977, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from CA-SON-290 near Bodega, CA, during
archaeological testing and mapping conducted prior to construction of a
housing development. The human remains were accessioned and have been
housed at the Archaeological Collections Facility since that time
(accession 77-03). No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Analysis of artifacts found at site CA-SON-290 indicate an
occupation during the Historic period (A.D. 1579 to present). The
location of CA-SON-290 corresponds with the historic Miwok village of
S[uacute]wutene.
In 1978, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from CA-MRN-484 in Peacock Gap, Marin County, CA, during
test investigations conducted prior to the construction of a housing
subdivision. The human remains were accessioned by the Archaeological
Collections Facility accession 78-03). No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains date to prehistoric times and are Native
American; however, the exact age is unknown. The site is within the
traditional territory of the Coast Miwok.
In 1979, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from CA-SON-1048, Sebastopol, Sonoma County, CA, during an
excavation by the Anthropological Studies Center, conducted for the
Sonoma County Department of Public Works. Remains identified as human
at the time were re-buried on the site at the time of discovery. In
1997, during a NAGPRA inventory, human remains thought to be associated
with this individual were identified in museum collections (accession
79-04). No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The human remains date to prehistoric times and are Native
American; however, the exact age is unknown. The site is within the
traditional territory of the Coast Miwok.
At an unknown time, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from CA-MRN-365, Marin County, CA. The human
remains were donated to the Archaeological Collections Facility in 1984
or 1985 by the Marin Museum of the American Indian. It is now known
when or under what circumstances the donor obtained the collection. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The human remains date to prehistoric times and are Native
American; however, the exact age is unknown. The site is within the
traditional territory of the Coast Miwok.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from CA-MRN-502, Novato, Marin County, CA. In
1992, the human remains were donated to the Archaeological Collections
Facility by Steve Dietz. It is not known when or under what
circumstances the donor obtained the collection. The collection has
been housed at the Archaeological Collections Facility since its
donation. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains date to prehistoric times and are Native
American; however the exact age is unknown. The site is within the
traditional territory of the Coast Miwok.
In 1980, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from CA-MRN-503, Marin County, CA, during a survey by the
anthropological Studies Center conducted by Barry Price. The human
remains have been held at the Archaeological Collections Facility since
that time, but were not accessioned into the collection. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The presence of bedrock mortars at the site indicates a site
occupation during the Middle Period (B.C. 3000-B.C. 1000) and Late
Period (1000 B.C.-A.D. 500). The human remains date to prehistoric
times based on archeological context, however, the exact age and
identity is unknown. The site is within the traditional territory of
the Coast Miwok.
In 1998, the Archaeological Collections Facility, Sonoma State
University determine that while there was evidence of a shared group
identity (cultural affiliation) between the human remains and a
particular Indian group, the human remains were "culturally
unidentifiable" since the particular Indian group, the Federal Coast
Miwok, was not recognized as an Indian tribe by the United States at
that time. The Archaeological Collections Facility requested that the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee
recommend disposition of the human remains to the Federated coast
Miwok. On May 21, 1999, the Review Committee's Designated Federal
Officer, writing on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior,
recommended disposition of the human remains to the Federal Coast Miwok
once concurrence with the proposal was obtained from federally
recognized Indian tribes that currently resided in the immediate
vicinity of where the human remains were recovered. Officials of the
Archaeological Collections Facility, Sonoma State University consulted
with five federally recognized Indian tribes: Dry Creek Rancheria of
Pomo Indians of California; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the
Sulphur Bank Rancheria, California; Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the
Stewarts Point Rancheria, California; Middletown Rancheria of Pomo
Indians of California; and Tuolumne Band of the Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California. All five tribes supported the
Federated Coast Miwok request for disposition. In 2000, the Federated
Coast Miwok became the federally recognized Federated indians of Graton
Rancheria, California. Descendants of the Coast Miwok are members of
the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California.
Officials of the Archaeological Collections Facility, Sonoma State
University have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the
human remains described above represent the physical remains of seven
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the
Archaeological Collections Facility, Sonoma State University also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a relationship of
shared group identity can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and
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the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Erica
Gibson, NAGPRA Project Coordinator, Anthropological Studies Center
Archaeological Collections Facility, Sonoma State University, Rohnert
Park, CA 94929, telephone (707) 664-2015, before July 5, 2007.
Repatriation of the human remains to the Federated Indians of Graton
Rancheria, California may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Archaeological Collections Facility, Sonoma State University is
responsible for notifying the Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California; Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank
Rancheria, California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria,
California; Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point
Rancheria, California; Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
California; and Tuolumne Band of the Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne
Rancheria of California that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 9, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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